Monday, July 16, 2007

Philippine 802.11 City

Where in the Philippines can you find an abundant source of free Wi-Fi (802.11) HotSpots? I don't know (yet) of any other place that gives you more free Wifi connectivity other than Davao City. Yep, you got it right... FREE WiFi Access.

Almost every coffee shop in this southern Philippine City offers free that Wifi Access. My favorites are that of Kasagingan and Bo's Coffee Club (both along Torres St.) - u get to use wifi and plug into their power outlet for free. Other's charge you for the use of electricity or would require you a minimum purchase.

And it is not just coffee shops, Hotels and Inns also offer free WiFi. I just even learned from a friend that even Eden Nature Park already got free WiFi. There are even Jollib
ee and Chowking outlets that offers free WiFi access.

So how dense is WiFi in Davao? Let me give you an idea. Just along Torres St. (the Food Street of Davao - by density, it got so many restaurants), for a length of around 300 meters, you got 4 free Wifi hotspots - and these are all coffee shops. And along Illustre St., if you turn on your WiFi within the vicinity of Times Square, you can detect 4 WiFi access points (though I've only used the one from Times Square itself and haven't tried the others).

With all these FREE WiFi acces from Hotels, Coffee Shops, Fastfood Chains, and Resorts, we really can't deny that Davao City has a lot of WiFi HotSpots. For this, I dub thee, Davao City, as the Philippine 802.11 City.

Kasagingan A coffee shop along Torres St., Davao City with Saging (banana) as their specialty.

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